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Business Wire Falls for April Fools Prank, Sues FBNers

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1645	<i>Business Wire could conceivably have this little "joke" haun	Janice Shell	-	5/4/1999
1644	<i>Strange that people that are being charged with fraud??? are n	The Philosopher	-	5/4/1999
1643	Cindy, please explain to me why and how Webnode was any different from the Apri	Janice Shell	-	5/4/1999
1642	Unfortunately the end quote mark had already appeared and the reporter was mere	mc	-	5/4/1999
1641	Henry, what did you think of this part of what Cathy Tamraz had to say? >&g	zonkie	-	5/4/1999
1640	Mr. Mighty Chicken was called for Jury Duty about 2 years ago. It was actually	Don Pueblo	-	5/4/1999
1639	to late, it's in print now. She is quoted in Bloomberg and can't recant	Henry Volquardsen	-	5/4/1999
1638	Might I ask who you think was defrauded? And then the follow up would be: and	mc	-	5/4/1999
1637	>>>. How could it have come on the heels of the PairGain hoax when it	zonkie	-	5/4/1999
1636	<i>At competitor PR Newswire, though, president Ian Capps has a different	Henry Volquardsen	-	5/4/1999
1635	I don't think he did but Susan changed it several times. She got it right i	zonkie	-	5/4/1999
1634	Fools Rush in to Own a Node of Their Own thestandard.com	Hoatzin	-	5/4/1999
1633	<i>At Business Wire, spokeswoman Cathy Baron Tamraz said, ''We ar	Henry Volquardsen	-	5/4/1999
1632	when did Jeff change his last name to Miller?	Henry Volquardsen	-	5/4/1999
1631	Update at Bloomberg quote.bloomberg.com	zonkie	-	5/4/1999
1630	I found a couple of things. Pictures. One is a chick with scuba gear rowing	Don Pueblo	-	5/4/1999
1629	cOUSIN SHORTY replies: GRAYSTOIne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 AAHA AHAHAHAH AHA	Don Pueblo	-	5/4/1999
1628	Deceiving other posters in this way is an act of fraud. Indicates to me that t	tonto	-	5/4/1999
1627	<i>But I still think that you should have contritely viewed yourself as b	Janice Shell	-	5/4/1999
1626	<i>MORE than 200 people were prepared to part with up to $50,000 each – a	Janice Shell	-	5/4/1999
1625	An Administrative Note: Certain contributors to this discussion have the phras	Don Pueblo	-	5/4/1999
1624	Cindy, you do realize that a request by email is.... a non-event. Any serious b	Ken D	-	5/4/1999
1623	Cindy, For your information, renewed hyping detected on the NVID thread ....	John Sladek	-	5/4/1999
1622	J Shill, <i>Here you have 3 people with <b>very close ties to Sili	John Sladek	-	5/4/1999
1621	Chicken Man, I had a long talk with my brother last night RE: WN3 case. He bro	Blue Snowshoe	-	5/4/1999

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